Utensil lifter



Patented July 5, 1927.

WOJCIECH DZIUBA AND MIiECZYSLAW GOLINSKI, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

UTENSIL LIFTER.

Application filed June 30, 1926.. Serial No. 119,681.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in utensil lifters. and has for its primary object, the provision of a removable handle for cooking utensils whereby the handle may be separated from the utensil when the same is upon a stove to make room for other cooking utensils, as it will be eqnpreciatedr that a projecting handle often interferes with the arrangement of other utensils upon a stove as it prevents the placing of the same directly over the burners.

Another object of the invention resides in a utensil lifter capable of quick attachmentv to a cooking utensil for lifting 'the same to or from a stove, and for ready removal therefrom after the utensil has been placed upon the s-tove, whereby the lifter orliandle is kept in a cool condition, it being understood that a utensil handle quickly heats up when permanently attached to the utensil.

A further object of the invention is to provide a utensil lifter which is simple in construction, easy of quick attachment to or'removal from a utensil and capable. of being' operated by one hand of a user.

lVith these 'and other objects in v`ie\v,fthe invention resides in certain .novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustratedl in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a por-- tion of a cooking utensil with our improved lifter in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the lifter removed from the utensil with parts broken away in section. f

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure A is a horizontal sectional View on the line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of t-he latch member.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral designates a cooking utensil having a socket or bracket member riveted or otherwise mounted on the side wall thereof. The member 11 comprises opposed side walls 12 having oppo-A sitely disposed elongated slots 13 therein.

described. A bail 15 is pivoted in the side walls 12 and serves as a means for hanging the utensil from a nail or hook when not in use.

Our improved utensil lifter is shown in its entirety as at 16 and includes a pair of separable elongated sections 17 and 18. The sections respectively comprise handle portions 19 and 20, having meeting` flanges 21 whereby to provide a. hollow handle foi" housing a latch or lock member 22 therein.

The handle portion 19 carries a head 23. having' an inclined face 24 for Co-action with the seat provided by the inclined flanges 14 on the bracket. Slots 25 open through lthe sides of the head, whileV an angularly disposed arm 25 kextends from the handle portion 20 and overlies the front of the head. f

vThe latch member 22 above referred to is constructed of a single length of springv wire, bent midway between its ends to provide a coil 26 and a pair of normally outwardly extending arms 27, which arms are provided with linger manipulating portions 2S bent therefrom. The manipulating portions 28 are exposed at the sides of the lifter throughy slots 29 provided in the handle portions 19 and 20. The free ends of the arms are bent at an angle to extend within the head 23 and carry outwardly extending lugs 30 which pass through the slots 25, but which lugs may be retracted into the head by pressing inwardly on the manipulating portions 28 to compress the arms 27.

For holding the two sections 17 and 18 in engagement with each other, and for anchoring the latch member therein, we provide bolt 31 having a tubular shank and which passes through the outer end ofthe section and through the coil 26 'in the latch mem-` ber. A nut 32 co-acts with the threaded end of the shank for holding the sections clamped together. Both the head of the bolt. and the nut are counter-sunk within the sections to lie flush with the outer faces thereof. By having the bolt hollow, it is possible to hang the lifter upon a nail or hook when not in use;

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that when it is desired to place a utensil upon a stove, or remove the saine therefrom.l the lifter is grasped by the hand of a user, and the arms 27 of the latch member are compressed, which causes the lugs 30 to be retracted Within the head. The head is then inserted into the bracket 1l until Jche inclined face 24 is in seating; engagement with the inclined flanges 14, whereupon pressure on the latch member is released, and by reason of the normal tendency of the arms to expand, the saine will cause the lugs to be expanded beyond the sides ot the head and into the slots 13 in the bracket. The slots 'i3 and 25 are automatically brought into register upon the limit of insertion ot the head in the socket member, by reason oi the section ii' abutting the 'top ot the in- Wardlyv extending Hanges li. l/Vhen the lugs are snapped into the slots lei, the litter is securely attached to the utensil and cannot be disengaged therefrom until the arms are again compressed to retract the lugs.

lVhile We hare described what We deem vto be the most desi.

e embodiment ot our invention, it is obvious that many oit the details may be varied Without in any Way departing from the spirit ot our invention, and We therefore do not limit ourselves to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the Whole of our invention limited only by the appended claims.

that is claimed as nei* is 1. In combination with a utensil having a socket thereon and provided with aligned slots in the opposed Walls thereof, an inclined seat -in said socket, a litter element comprising a hollow elongated handle, a re silient member enclosed Within said handle, a head on one end oit said handle and having an inclined t'ace for co-action with the inclined seat in .said socket, yieldable latch bolts extending outwardly `:trom opposite sides of said resilient member and extending into said slots, and finger pieces on said rcsilient member extending` through slotsv in opposite sides of said handle Yfor manually retracting said latch bolts 'trom said slots for facilitating the removal oi5 said litter element from .said utensil. Y

2. A1 utensil litter comprising` a hollonv elongated handle, a head formed on one end oit said handle, a resilient member enclosed within said handle, oppositely disposed latch bolts` extending from the tree ends o1n said resilient member and normally projecting 'from the side of said head, and slots provided in said handle for exposing a portion ot said resilient member to permit of the manual compression or" the same to retract said latch bolts Within said head.

3. A utensil lifter comprising a pair ot coacting handle sections, a latch member Jformed ot' a single piece of relatively springy Wire bent to provide'a coil and a pair ot' resilient arms, latch bolts extending; outwardly from the 'l'ree ends ot arms, said Ylatch member interposed between said sec-y tions, a 'fastening element passing` through said sections adjacent .the outer endthereot and through said coil, and slots provided in the sides ot said sections vlor exposing,` a portion ol said arms to permit of the manual compression of the same to retract said .latch bolts against the spring` action or said arms. in testimony Whereot` We have alixed our signatures.

WTOJCIEGH DZIUBA. MECZYSLAV GOLINSKI. 

